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b. 1957 

Lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

 

2022 

Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 

 

2021 

Van een gek voor een gek, Torch, Amsterdam 

 

2020 

Emanuel von Bayer Cabinet, London 

 

2019 

A-M-G5, Glasgow 

BravinLee programs, New York 

 

2017 

Torch, Amsterdam 

 

2016 

Bin ich?, Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany 

 

2014 

Tekeningen, Teylers museum, Haarlem 

 

2013 

Black Matter, Guido Costa Projects, Turin 

1,2,3, Mummery+Schnelle, London 

Weltauge, Torch, Amsterdam 

 

2012 

Miners, BravinLee programs, New York 

 

2011 

Lost and Ambulous, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich 

Grey Paintings, Torch, Amsterdam 

Akkermania, Kunsthal, Rotterdam 

 

2010 

Full Frontal, Mummery+Schnelle, London 

Immer Ich, Kunstverein Arthaus, Ahaus, Germany 

Am I a Person?, BravinLee programs, New York 

I have become paint, Galerie Polaris, Paris 

 

2009 

136x Philip Akkerman, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch 

 

2008 

Mummery+Schnelle, London 

Stephane Simoens (with Tony Matelli), Knokke 

Torch, Amsterdam 

 

2007 

Guido Costa Projects, Turin 

Mireille Mosler, New York 

BravinLee programs, New York 

 

2006 

L’autoportrait c’est moi, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich 

Tweeduizendzes, De Hallen, Haarlem 

 

2005 

L.A.C. (with Manuel Ocampo), Sigean, France 

 

2004 

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London 

André Simoens Gallery, Knokke 

Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York 

Studio Manuela Klerkx, Milan 

 

2003 

Torch, Amsterdam 

 

2001 

Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York 

 

2000 

Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich 

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London 

 

1999 

Baumgartner Gallery, New York 

The Mirror’s Secret, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague 

Torch, Amsterdam 

 

1998 

Andrew Mummery Gallery, London 

 

1997 

Galerie de Lege Ruimte, Ghent 

1996 

Baumgartner Galeries, Washington DC 

 

1995 

Galerie Johnen&Schottle (with Stephan Balkenhol), Cologne 

Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich 

 

1993 

Baumgartner Gallery, Washington DC 

 

1992 

Philip Akkerman Self-Portraits, Witte de With center for comtemporary art, Rotterdam 

Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brughes 

Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Cologne 

 

1988 

Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Arnhem 

 

1983 

Bonnefantenmuseum (with Marie Ponchelet), Maastricht 

 

1982 

Passionata I.B.K., Nijmegen 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

 

2021 

Universes 5, The Hole, New York 

The Rogues Gallery, mepaintsme.com 

Depot, Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 

 

2020 

Listen to Your Eyes, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar 

 

2019 

Comeback, Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany 

Top Floor, Kunstmuseum, The Hague 

 

2018 

Warum Kunst, Museum Ulm, Germany 

De Meest Eigentijdse Schilderijen Tentoonstelling, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht 

 

2016 

Beheaded, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, USA 

KREW-WERK, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warschaw 

How Long Is Now?, KINDL, Berlin 

 

2015 

Spiegeloog, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem 

Psychiart, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland 

 

2014 

Surreële werelden, Centraal Museum, Utrecht 

 

2013 

Stop Making Sense, Dordrechts museum, Dordrecht 

Das doppelte Bild, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland 

Face to Face, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 

 

2008 

Biennale van de Schilderkunst, Museum Dhondt Dhaenes, Deurle, Belgium 

 

2007 

Francis Alys, Philip Akkerman, Stephen Bush, Goff+Rosenthal, New York 

 

2006 

The Kingston Turnpike, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK 

 

2004 

Other Aristocrats, Alexander and Bonin, New York 

Neue Ansichten vom Ich, Anton Ulrich Museum Braunschweig, Germany 

Altered States, Leo Koenig Inc., New York 

 

2002 

Selbstbildnisse, Tradition und Neue Sicht, Kallman Museum, Ismaning, Germany 

Imagine, you are standing here in front of me, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 

From the Low Coutries, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 

 

2001 

Face off, Aeroplastics, Brussels 

Looking With/Out, The Courtauld Institute, London 

Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, Lokremise, St. Gallen 

 

2000 

The Insanity Benefit, Vilma Gold Gallery, London 

Das Gedächtnis der Malerei, Aargouer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland 

Salon, Delfina Project Space, London 

De Voorstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 

 

1998 

From Here to Eternity, Max Protetch Gallery, New York 

It’s a Curse, It’s a Burden, The Approach, London 

Small Truths, Repetition and the Obsessional in Contemporary Art, Todd Gallery, London City Art Gallery, Leeds 

 

1997 

Künsteler/innen, Kunsthaus, Bregenz, Austria 

 

1995 

Inside out, Psychological Self-Portraiture, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, USA 

1994 

Der zerbrochene Spiegel, Kunsthalle Wien and Deichtorhallen Hamburg 

Du concept à L’image, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris 

Untitled Streamer Eddy Monkey Full Stop Etcetera, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London 

 

1993 

Any Given Day, John Post Lee Gallery, New York 

Akkerman, Van Lieshout, Jacobs, Strik, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York 

Medium Messages, Wooster Gardens, New York 

Negen, Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam 

 

1980 

Ateliers 63, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam